:23:02
Surely you've read it.
:23:05
Pity. An absolute corker.
In any case, on your behalf,
:23:10
I have already contacted a certain
gentleman in Amsterdam.
:23:13
He'll treat you very well. You won't get
the full amount for the jewels, of course,
:23:17
but you'll get about two thirds, say,
:23:20
170,000 pounds.
:23:24
- You'll get it in cash.
- 170,000 quid ?
:23:28
Cash.
:23:31
Why should this fellow pay so much ?
:23:33
Because he will get what no fence
ever gets-- the title to the jewels.
:23:37
You see, in addition to stealing the jewels,
:23:40
you have also to take the
receipts I got for them.
:23:46
Now, what does my insurance
company discover as it swings
ponderously into action,
:23:50
antennae pulsing with suspicion ?
:23:53
It discovers that someone
impersonating Andrew Wyke...
:23:57
sold the jewels for 170,000 pounds cash,
:24:01
but they still have to pay me.
:24:04
Hard cheese.
:24:07
Think it over. Take your time.
:24:23
Look, I know this sounds stupid, but,
:24:26
have you had any experience--
:24:28
I mean, have you ever, actually,
committed a crime before ?
:24:32
St. John Lord Merridew would
have a pretty lean time of it...
:24:36
if I didn't think up any
crimes for him to solve.
:24:38
St. John Lord who ?
:24:42
- You're joking.
- What about ?
:24:46
Who is St. John Lord Merridew ?
:24:48
Why, even Marguerite when I first
met her knew and adored him.
:24:52
He's my detective, known to millions
throughout the civilized world...
:24:56
with a nose for smelling out evil
superior to anything in the Force.